Utility holder



Oct. 12, 1948.

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'SATTORNEY Patented Oct. 12, 1948 UNITED sTATEsWPATENT OFFICE UTILITY HOLDER Donald S. Jones, Ellwocd City, Pa. Application April 8, 1946, Serial No. 660,376

2 Claims.

My invention relates to utility holders of the type suitable for supporting tools, clothes lines and other articles, from i'loor joists and the like in basements and elsewhere.

My invention has for its object the provision of a holder which is of sturdy and simple construction, which is easy to manufacture and which can readily be applied to supporting joists, without the necessity of using tools.

As shown in the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of a holder constructed according to my invention, in place on a joist; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view of a partly formed portion of the holder, and Fig. 4 Iis a fragmentary view showing a portion of an edge thereof.

The holder comprises a pair of bars or plates B preferably formed of sheet metal stamped to shape and each having a stilening rib portion I and flange portions 8 for attachment to a joist 9. Spurs I are struck inwardly from the flanges and nail holes I I are punched through the flanges, although the latter usually will not be needed.

At one end of the holder, the members 6 are bent toward each other and welded together at I2. Holes I5 are punched through the ribs to receive a pin I3 around which a line I4 will be wrapped. While only one member 5 need be punched for the pin I3, both members are so punched because they usually will be made in the same dies and therefore both will be punched.

When the members 5 are riveted or welded together in fixed relation at I2, in the form of a clip, the holder will be pushed upwardly in straddling relation to the joist 9, as in Fig. 2, it being understood that the spurs will yield somewhat toward their respective flanges, during this operation. Slight downward movement of the holder will then cause the spurs I0 to enter the sides of the joist and thereby anchor the holder in place.

The holding capacity of lthe spurs is usually suicient to prevent displacement of the holders under the horizontal tension of the clothes line, particularly when the line extends crosswise with respect to the joists to which the holders are connected. Where the line extends parallel to a joist from one holder to other holders, under considerable tension, it may be found desirable to drive light nails through the holes II, to maintain the holders against displacement through tension exerted on their lower ends in directions parallel to the joists.

In some instances, some of the holders need be used only to give vertical support to a line, in which case the line can be simply threaded through the opening I6, and its ends anchored to other holders.

I claim as my invention:

l. A line holder comprising a yoke having its legs spaced apart to receive a joist between them, fastening devices on said legs, for preventing withdrawal of the yoke from the jolst, and means for connecting a line to the closed end of the yoke, the said fastening device comprising laterally-yieldable spurs struck inwardly from the yoke legs and extending toward the closed end of the yoke.

2. A line holder comprising a pair of plates each having a longitudinally-extending depression and flanges at each side of the depression, the plates being disposed in opposed relation and spaced apart throughout the major portion of their length, but deflected toward one another and secured together at one end of the holder, and means for connecting the holder to a joist that is disposed in the space between the plates, the said means comprising laterally-yieldable spurs struck inwardly from the said flanges and pointing angularly toward said end.

DONALD S. JONES.

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